A boat carrying 86 migrants from Mauritania to the Canary Islands is believed to have capsized, resulting in the deaths of at least 50 people, mostly Pakistani nationals. Caminando Fronteras, a migration NGO, alerted authorities after receiving reports of the boat's distress. Moroccan rescuers managed to save 36 people, but the remaining passengers are feared drowned. This tragedy highlights the increasingly dangerous conditions faced by migrants attempting to reach Europe by sea.
As many as 50 people are thought to have died after a boat bound for the Canary Islands got into difficulties after a 13-day voyage along the
“Fifty people have died on a boat headed for the Canary Islands, 44 of whom were Pakistani,” the charity’s CEO, Helena Maleno, wrote on X. “They spent 13 agonising days at sea without rescuers reaching them.”
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